Image Collections & Services provides digital images to support teaching, learning, and research at the University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia Community College. Image Collections & Services develops and maintains the Library's image collections, and provides access to other University of Washington image collections through the uwbMDID image database and the UW Image Bank.
Image collections currently include art, architecture, science, and historical and cultural materials, and new interdisciplinary image content is regularly added to the collections. Approximately 6,000 new images are acquired each year, and faculty may request new images on any topic at any time.
Image Collections & Services encourages and supports innovative uses of images in teaching, student projects using images, image presentations using a variety of tools, faculty image collection management, and other image uses and applications. Please contact us for further information or consultation.
| Image Databases |
- uwbMDID (login required) ~ UW Bothell Library Image Collections & Services digital image database, with content developed by Image Collections & Services to support UWB and CCC faculty and student teaching and learning. Access to images from other University of Washington image collections is available through uwbMDID as well. MDID includes presentation and image organization tools to make using digital images easier and more convenient. Tools include the MDID Image Viewer for classroom presentations, light table and slideshow image organizing tools, and printable image and information templates. Student review images are available for some courses through uwbMDID. A login is required to use the uabMDID database (contact Denise Hattwig at dhattwig@uwb.edu).
- ARTStor
~ Images from many time periods and cultures.
Documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative
arts, design, anthropology, ethnographic and women's studies. Includes historical
photography and many other forms of visual culture.
- AP Images
~ News photographs dating back to 1826,
audio sound bytes dating from the 1920s, among other digital resources.
- UW Image Bank ~ Images of cultural production from diverse time periods and world cultures, and major monuments of world art and architectural history.
- Image Collections & Resources ~ Links to dozens of digital image databases and web sites, organized by subject and maintained by the UW Libraries. The guide also includes information on visual literacy, citing images, copyright, downloading using digital images, and other image-related topics.
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| Resources for Finding and Using Images |
Finding images can often require different search strategies than finding books, articles, or other types of information. Using images in presentations, projects, and papers, can also present unique challenges. This UW Libraries guide can help you get started finding and using images.
| Services |
Image Collections & Services offers the following services to faculty and students:
- image resource development, including new image purchases, digitizing images from print sources, and providing access to image databases
- image research and reference
- support for image assignments and class projects
- faculty image presentation tools and technologies
- collaboration with faculty on curricumlum development incorporating image resources
- consultation on faculty image collections
| Related Research Guides |
| Hours and Contacts |
Please contact Denise Hattwig, Curator, at dhattwig@uwb.edu, with any questions, or to discuss your image projects and needs.
Image Collections & Services is located on the second floor of the Campus Library building, in room LB1-213.
Hours ~
Office: Monday-Thursday 9-3 and Friday 9-1, or by appointment
Online assistance available extended hours by emailing Denise Hattwig at
dhattwig@uwb.edu.
Staff ~
Denise Hattwig, Curator ~
dhattwig@uwb.edu ~ 425.352.5344
Hillary Long, Image Collections Assistant ~
hklong@uwb.edu
Guide maintained by: Denise Hattwig, Image Curator. Last updated 9/20/09.